''Nagarame Nanni'' is a 1967

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film, written by

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and directed by A. Vincent. The film stars Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini,

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and

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among others. The film tells the story of a family that migrates from a village to the city of Madras in search of a better life. The theme was about the lure of the city and how the dreams of villagers are shattered by its inexorable logic of greed. The plot is similar to the 1965 film ''The Conquerors of the Golden City'', directed by Getin Gurtop and the 1964 film ''

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'' (''Gurbet Kuslari'' in Turkish) by Halit Refig.

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's Tamil film ''Pattina Pravesham'' (1977) was plagiarised from all these three films. Film expert B. Vijayakumar of ''

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'' described the film as "one of the best social movies produced in Malayalam."B. Vijayakumar (22 February 2010)
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Cast

* Prem Nazir as Madhavankutty *

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as Bharathi *

as Raghavan * P. J. Antony as Anandan Pillai *

as Captain Das * Sukumari as Mrs. Mudaliar * Bharathi Menon as Madhavankutty's mother *

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as Kunhilakshmi, Madhavankutty's sister *

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* Nilambur Balan * Dhaamu * Pariyanampatta Kunjunni Namboothirippad * Nambiar * Venu * Kuttan Pilla * Edasseri * Maniyan * Shankar Menon * Solaman * Prabhakaran * Santha Devi

Soundtrack

There are four songs including the romantic hit "Manjani Poonilavu" (sung by

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), a dance number "Mullappoo Maala Vilkum" (sung by L. R. Easwari) and another hit number "Nagaram Nagaram Mahasagaram" (sung by K. J. Yesudas).

Box office

The film became a commercial success.

References

1967 films 1960s Malayalam-language films Films directed by A. Vincent {{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub